Meditation Seeds

“Evolution is an act of courage.  The seed has only the promise, only the signal.  It is an act of faith, a leap into uncertainty.   The seedling must emerge from its strong protective sheath and venture forth.  It is a time of vulnerability and danger.  If conditions change, the seed is lost.  Growth and change seem inevitable.  It seems we must.  Still, some people don’t.  And for those who do, it is choosing life, and that takes courage … especially when the pain of having failed before is part of who you are.” Ron Kurtz – The Hakomi Method

What we reflected on in Jan/Feb 2025

It has been tumultuous these days, as swift, unanticipated actions disrupt our old ways of being.  We are all feeling a lot of uncertainty about what comes next, coupled with some assurance that there will be suffering – if not for us, then for our friends and neighbours.  No wonder that our readings were filled…

Meditations we began 2024 with

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand – and melting like a snowflake. Marie Beynon Ray Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos…

Meditations for Grief

As our group mourned the death of our beloved member, Carol, we found ourselves meditating on these offerings It is not our job to remain whole.  We came to lose our leaves like the trees, and be born again, drawing up from the great roots. Robert Bly Though we cannot see you with outward eyes,We…

Surrender prayer (a riff on Ephesians 6:13-18)

Here is what I am playing with as a morning prayer. I’d love to hear comments. As I ready myself for the day I remove the armour of my ego, so that I may surrender to the Presence of God.   I undo the belt of what I think I know, so that I am…

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